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South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in The…
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The ICJ is the highest U.N. body for hearing disputes between states. The Hague: Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling on South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide. Reading out the ruling by…
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Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies before he reached the home that would put him at the center of a global clash. Working in a kibbutz that was ravaged by Hamas’ October 7 attack, Mr. Otmazgin — a volunteer commander with ZAKA, an Israeli search and rescue organisation —…
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At least 35,272 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Hamas. (File) Jerusalem: The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. “Today at approximately 9 a.m. (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via…
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Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,904 people in Gaza, say Hamas. (File) Palestinian Territories: Hamas on Thursday called for an end to airdrops of aid after two Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza when a aid pallet crashed into a warehouse after its parachute failed to open. Several countries, including the United States,…
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On Tuesday, Joe Biden condemned a “ferocious surge” in anti-Semitism. Washington: Washington police cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University on Wednesday, authorities said, making several pre-dawn arrests. Just after 4:00 am (0800), hundreds of officers moved in on a university quad, making arrests and using pepper spray, the student-run GW Hatchet…
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Around half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been crowded into Rafah. (File) London: The main maternity hospital in the Gaza Strip’s crowded southern city of Rafah has stopped admitting patients, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Wednesday. The UNFPA told Reuters that the hospital, Al Helal Al Emirati Maternity Hospital, had been…
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The WHO said a delivery of fuel to the area had been denied today. (File) London: There is only enough fuel to run health services in the south of Gaza for three more days, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge in the south of Gaza from…
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Despite months of shuttle diplomacy, mediators have so far failed to broker a new truce. (File) Jerusalem: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday Israel was prepared to “deepen” its Gaza operation if truce talks fail to secure the release of hostages Hamas holds in the Palestinian territory. Israel is prepared to “make compromises” to get…
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The Turkish leader has forged friendly ties with Ismail Haniyeh, who is based in Qatar. (File) Istanbul, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he will host the leader of Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend. “The leader of the Palestinian cause will be my guest this weekend,” Erdogan, an outspoken…
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